=== modified file 'includes/theme.inc'
--- includes/theme.inc	2006-10-17 08:38:16 +0000
+++ includes/theme.inc	2006-10-18 08:13:55 +0000
@@ -530,12 +530,18 @@ function theme_links($links, $attributes
       $extra_class = ($i == 1) ? 'first ' : (($i == $num_links) ? 'last ' : '');
       $output .= '<li class="'. $extra_class . $class .'">';
 
+      // Is the title HTML?
+      $html = isset($link['html']) && $link['html'];
+
       if ($link['href']) {
-        $output .= l($link['title'], $link['href'], $link['attributes'], $link['query'], $link['fragment']);
+        $output .= l($link['title'], $link['href'], $link['attributes'], $link['query'], $link['fragment'], FALSE, $html);
       }
       else if ($link['title']) {
         //Some links are actually not links, but we wrap these in <span> for adding title and class attributes
-        $output .= '<span'. drupal_attributes($link['attributes']) .'>'. check_plain($link['title']) .'</span>';
+        if (!$html) {
+          $link['title'] = check_plain($link['title']);
+        }
+        $output .= '<span'. drupal_attributes($link['attributes']) .'>'. $link['title'] .'</span>';
       }
 
       $i++;

=== modified file 'modules/comment/comment.module'
--- modules/comment/comment.module	2006-10-17 08:45:51 +0000
+++ modules/comment/comment.module	2006-10-18 08:16:04 +0000
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ function comment_link($type, $node = NUL
               );
             }
             else {
-              $links['comment_forbidden']['#title'] = theme('comment_post_forbidden', $node->nid);
+              $links['comment_forbidden']['title'] = theme('comment_post_forbidden', $node->nid);
             }
           }
         }
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ function comment_link($type, $node = NUL
           }
         }
         else {
-          $links['comment_forbidden']['#title'] = theme('comment_post_forbidden', $node->nid);
+          $links['comment_forbidden']['title'] = theme('comment_post_forbidden', $node->nid);
         }
       }
     }
@@ -261,6 +261,9 @@ function comment_link($type, $node = NUL
   if ($type == 'comment') {
     $links = comment_links($node, $teaser);
   }
+  if (isset($links['comment_forbidden'])) {
+    $links['comment_forbidden']['html'] = TRUE;
+  }
 
   return $links;
 }
@@ -735,7 +738,7 @@ function comment_links($comment, $return
       );
     }
     else {
-      $links['comment_forbidden']['#title'] = theme('comment_post_forbidden', $comment->nid);
+      $links['comment_forbidden']['title'] = theme('comment_post_forbidden', $comment->nid);
     }
   }